Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[rendravolt]

Napoli continues to extend their bad record and this time they won another point after drawing 1-1 against Udinese. It seems that Napoli is beyond help and they have lost all their targets this season. In fact, if they can win then at least they can cut the difference in points from Lazio so they can participate in the conference league.

But we didn't see all that and they actually failed to maintain a narrow lead in the final minutes. Napoli conceded in the minute of injury time and it really hit them because they failed to get full points. If it continues like this I am very sure that the key players will start to leave at the end of the season and join a team that can provide everything better.

[SmartCharpa]

I think a draw is quite fair for both teams after they both played a fairly even match even though they were playing at Roma's home ground and the pressure that is being put on the Roma team with a busy match schedule and also still being behind on points to finish in the top 4 should be beneficial for Juventus. but they couldn't take advantage of it.
Luckily for Juventus because Bologna also didn't win this week so their position in the Serie A standings is still quite safe.
Meanwhile for Roma the result of this draw is quite detrimental, those who are competing to finish in the top 4 have increasingly slim chances.

I think for next season all teams will improve so what happens this season cannot be used as a benchmark.

I don't think the draw against Juventus was fair for both teams. But if Roma were to secure the 3 points throughout the game, they would remain in the 5th position. Roma has dropped to 6th place due to the draw against Juventus, I don't know what is happening in their last three games, Roma's performance seems to become weak, they drew 2 and lost one against Leverkusen in the Europa competition. Roma has defeated AC Milan this season, I did not think they would have a problem against Juventus since their opponents drew their last 3 games. Roma made a lot of attempts to win the match but the victory was not on their side, they managed to secure one point, which is not good enough for the Champions League position.

Atalanta moved back to the 5th position, after making a comeback against Salernitana in the second half to score two goals, they have the advantage of goal difference to overtake Roma. If a Champions League position is not possible for Roma to get before the end of the season, I think they shouldn't lose their chances to participate in the next Europa competition, since they are already down with two goals against Leverkusen in the Semifinal.

[dzungmobile]

I don't think the draw against Juventus was fair for both teams. But if Roma were to secure the 3 points throughout the game, they would remain in the 5th position. Roma has dropped to 6th place due to the draw against Juventus, I don't know what is happening in their last three games, Roma's performance seems to become weak, they drew 2 and lost one against Leverkusen in the Europa competition

Because in latest matches, Roma played against strong teams like Bologna, Napoli, Leverkusen and Juventus. You can not expect Roma win all these matches but the defeat by Bologna is a shocked result for them. They did played good in attacking if we only consider how they created opportunities in these matches but about efficiency of attacking, they played bad recent matches.

Their attacking players wasted many opportunities that caused to these bad results. They can avoid loss, can win these matches if their players can convert opportunities to goal at a better rate.

Atalanta moved back to the 5th position, after making a comeback against Salernitana in the second half to score two goals, they have the advantage of goal difference to overtake Roma. If a Champions League position is not possible for Roma to get before the end of the season, I think they shouldn't lose their chances to participate in the next Europa competition, since they are already down with two goals against Leverkusen in the Semifinal.

Atalanta now hold a good control of a race with Roma, with one match to play and potentially can get three points from it, and with better goal difference too. They only need a draw in a direct match with Roma to defend their fifth position. Chance for Roma to take a fifth position in this season is not too good.

[bastisisca]

The competitions between Bologna, Roma and Atalanta to gets last spot of Champion League zone is very interesting because after Bologna and Roma playing draw then this could be good opportunity for Atalanta to cut their points gap and currently Atalanta has 7 points below to Bologna the team from top 4 place but Atalanta still have 2 postponed matches and assuming Atalanta will be able to win from those matches then they will be able to overtake Roma position on League Table and Atalanta is really in the good shape because they still playing at 3 different competitions such as Copa Italy, Serie A and Europa League and the most fantastic is Atalanta still able to managed their consistency until now

Atalanta is very busy now because after the match against Salernitana then Atalanta have to playing against Marseille for semifinal of Europa League and about the match against Salernitana i think Atalanta will gets easy win from this match because we all know Salernitana is very weak this season because from 34 matches Salernitana only able to gets 2 wins and it makes them have to relegated to Serie B and as the favourite the bookmakers provide low odds for Atalanta win @1.31 and i know this is very low odds but i think it safe bets because most likely Atalanta can be the winner of this match

let`s say these are the last fun matches we will see in Serie A: 1) the matches for the last places in the Champions League, they will be very tough matches 2) matches with key points for survival, see the Sassuolo Inter match which saw Sassuolo win
these matches are also particularly difficult to bet on

i continue to bet, but i know is hard to guess right results

[tusandii]

Honestly, Roma needed the win a lot more, they keep missing chances to pass Bologna, with 3 games left I think, it is not going to happen obviously, Bologna lost so many points in the last few weeks and Roma failed to capitalize on that every single time, when you miss your chances like that, eventually there will be no more chances.

I think it is quite obvious that we are going to end up with a good result one way or another eventually, so we should probably consider what we can do as something quite important. We should be seeing Roma staying at fifth, and to be fair Juventus is lucky as well because while they were a title contender during the first half of the season, they dropped to a level where Bologna could put them in fourth place if they are not careful.

Roma have indeed failed to take advantage of the opportunity to collect more points to get closer to Bologna. Bologna in the last two matches could only continue to get a draw. But it is really regrettable because Roma also had the same result in the last two matches, namely a draw. Now Roma must accept the consequences for failing to take advantage of the opportunities they had. And now Roma is ranked 6th. Atalanta has succeeded in overtaking Roma, which was originally ranked 5th. And Atalanta also has the opportunity to add more points because Atalanta has 1 postponed match which they can take advantage of at the end of this season. It would be very painful if in the end Roma failed to even be in 5th place. Unless Roma managed to beat Atalanta in the 36th match. Then Roma could return to 5th place.

In fact, if you pay attention to Bologna and AS Roma both failed to take advantage of opportunities, Bologna achieved a draw in the last four matches and failed to overtake Juventus even though this was a good opportunity for Bologna to overtake when Juventus was only able to achieve a draw in many matches, the same thing was also done. AS Roma in their last five matches suffered one defeat and two draws, they also failed to overtake Bologna to be in fourth place. To be honest, the competition between Juventus, Bologna, AS Roma and Atalanta is very interesting to watch because they still have the opportunity to improve their position depending on their performance in the remaining matches and I see Atalanta doing well by achieving consecutive wins and currently occupying the previous position occupied by AS Roma.

Atalanta this time was really impressive to compete in series A despite having a very important schedule in the final UEL and this is one proof that Atalanta is able to maintain his position not to be shifted by Roma, although De Rossi is currently trying to pursue the difference in points. It will be very in vain because Atalanta will continue to add points to the rest of this match.
Roma only needs a great striker in the next season because of this weakness I see from the attack line that does not have the ability to get a score in every match.

[Arenga pinnata]

Napoli failed to used their opportunity well to achieve victory from Udinese home, because there was a lot of opportunity for their strikers to use to score goals from the first half but they missed used them that made the first half to ended up draw 0-0. Udinese players really stood on their ground to challenge Napoli in this match not to score more than 1 goal from the match, because their defense was functioning well and their midfield was very good to make the match difficult for Napoli, which they did to reduced the strength of Napoli in the second half. Many people thought that Napoli will going to maintain the one goal till the end of the match to achieve victory from Udinese, but it was a surprised strategy seen Udinese using extra time to equalized the goal 1-1 draw to share points with Napoli to frustrated their plan .

Actually, Napoli have played quite well. But unfortunately Napoli was careless at the end of the match. Udinese was also quite good at blocking every attack made by Napoli. And Udinese did not lose their enthusiasm to equalize until the last minute. And as a result, Udinese dramatically managed to equalize the score in the match. But I think if Udinese could have been braver in building attacks from the start then maybe they could have even scored an earlier equaliser. But Udinese players are often caught offside. A draw may be quite disappointing for Napoli fans but for Udinese fans this is a match result that is not too bad. Because they finally managed to get 1 goal in the added minute of time thanks to their persistence.

[bounceback]

However, Atalanta also has a chance, so if they can consistently win, it is possible that Atalanta will have the opportunity to rise. but it just depends on how they are.

Moreover, Atalanta still has to fight in the Europa League and Copa Italia, so their focus is still quite divided. And also, they need significant and consistently strong performance, so that they can really rise in position. And it's still quite interesting to see who will be in 4-6th place in Serie A until the end.

Atalanta already won their late match and now have 60 points as same as Roma but with better goal difference, +5 goals more than Roma, they jump to a fifth position. Atalanta have one extra match from a suspended match and it potentially can help them to make 3-point difference against Roma. Bologna have 4 points more than both Atalanta and Roma and they are leading in this race for a fourth position.

Things start to be bad for Roma because with this result, even if they beat Atalanta in a direct match this weekend in Serie A, but if Atalanta win the suspended match, both clubs will have same total points but with 5-goal difference it will be a disadvantage for Roma.

Atalanta struggle is not over yet, friends, they still have three matches to face, which will be against Roma on May 13, Lecce on May 19 and Torino on May 26. If they are able to win the remaining matches, they will get 9 additional points which means there is a chance for Atalanta to take the top 4 positions in the standings.

Being in the top four of the standings is indeed the final goal for the Atalanta team this season, so they have to really show their good performance in each remaining match and be able to get full points so that their position is not shifted by the Roma team which is in sixth place in the standings at the moment, so I think There is still a possibility for Atalanta because if you look at the match that the Bologna team will play, they will have to face a tough team in Week 36, namely the Napoli team.

[giammangiato]

Juventus continues to waste the opportunity to be able to strengthen their position in rank 3 this season, the draw they got from Roma is of course quite painful, especially now that Bologna and Roma are getting closer to threatening Juventus position in third place, maybe to qualify for the Champions League next season is still very safe for Juventus,  because this season Serie A get 5 slots to play in the Champions League,  But I don't think it should be for Juventus to waste the rest game  because everything is possible at the end of the season.

For now Juventus needs to improve their performance in order to at least secure 3rd place from the pursuit of other teams especially Serie A only has 3 games left so if they slip of course it will be very difficult to regain that position from Bologna or Roma later, Juventus performance this season is very bad and of course Juventus management should reconsider Allegri as coach,  I think it would be better for Juventus to find another coach who might be better able to get Juventus back as Scudetto contenders next seasons.

what you say is absolutely true, as a fan who loves his team, Juventus, I can only agree with you and imagine how much a fan can suffer from this uncertainty
in the end our goal is to go to the Champions League
if we miss this the season will have been a total failure, so lets hope we can reach this goal
i hope we can go in UCL

[Bobrox]

I don't think the draw against Juventus was fair for both teams. But if Roma were to secure the 3 points throughout the game, they would remain in the 5th position. Roma has dropped to 6th place due to the draw against Juventus, I don't know what is happening in their last three games, Roma's performance seems to become weak, they drew 2 and lost one against Leverkusen in the Europa competition. Roma has defeated AC Milan this season, I did not think they would have a problem against Juventus since their opponents drew their last 3 games. Roma made a lot of attempts to win the match but the victory was not on their side, they managed to secure one point, which is not good enough for the Champions League position.

Atalanta moved back to the 5th position, after making a comeback against Salernitana in the second half to score two goals, they have the advantage of goal difference to overtake Roma. If a Champions League position is not possible for Roma to get before the end of the season, I think they shouldn't lose their chances to participate in the next Europa competition, since they are already down with two goals against Leverkusen in the Semifinal.

In last three games, AS Roma difficult return to winning track actually after beating by Bayern Leverkusen in first leg of Europe League match, I think huge problem and get pressure for Daniele De Rossi had quit well performance at the early become Roma manager but loss opportunity reach top fourth position. Being draw against Juventus actually is not good result for Roma want reach top fourth position and make close points with Bologna,  current standings Roma have drop to 5th position place and Atalanta with one match remaining has chance to fight Champion League spot race with Bologna with four points remaining.

Atalanta will be huge pressure team for Bologna reaching top fourth position behind Roma, currently with four points remaining and Atalanta still has one match left get make three points against Fiorentina on postponed match just remaining 1 points left to reach Bologna position.

[panjul07]

So lets say there are 4 matches only and they won it all and keep the other scenario the same, means that Juventus will still out from the top 5.
To be safe, Juventus needs to earn at least 4 points in their last 3 matches IMO
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you for corrections, I think Atalanta also have 35 matches already. I'm not aware about their matches before. So, this condition can change everything for Juventus. 1 winning and 1 draw is a must from them to secure 5th positions. Will see current Atalanta matches vs Salernitana. So far Salernitana already scored 1 goal. If Salernitana can maintaim their winning, this will help Juventus going to UCL next season.

Atalanta won the match and currently take the 5th position from Roma but with the same points (60).
The pressure is now more on Roma because they will have to win all the 3 remaining matches while at the same time hoping the other 3 teams (Juve, Bologna and Atalanta) lose some points.
Any scenario is still possible between these 4 teams to decide which teams that will take the 3 remaining UCL spots.
Juventus vs Bologna, Atalanta vs Roma <-- I think these 2 matches will be the key for which teams to take the UCL spots.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I don't think the draw against Juventus was fair for both teams. But if Roma were to secure the 3 points throughout the game, they would remain in the 5th position. Roma has dropped to 6th place due to the draw against Juventus, I don't know what is happening in their last three games, Roma's performance seems to become weak, they drew 2 and lost one against Leverkusen in the Europa competition. Roma has defeated AC Milan this season, I did not think they would have a problem against Juventus since their opponents drew their last 3 games. Roma made a lot of attempts to win the match but the victory was not on their side, they managed to secure one point, which is not good enough for the Champions League position.

Atalanta moved back to the 5th position, after making a comeback against Salernitana in the second half to score two goals, they have the advantage of goal difference to overtake Roma. If a Champions League position is not possible for Roma to get before the end of the season, I think they shouldn't lose their chances to participate in the next Europa competition, since they are already down with two goals against Leverkusen in the Semifinal.

In last three games, AS Roma difficult return to winning track actually after beating by Bayern Leverkusen in first leg of Europe League match, I think huge problem and get pressure for Daniele De Rossi had quit well performance at the early become Roma manager but loss opportunity reach top fourth position. Being draw against Juventus actually is not good result for Roma want reach top fourth position and make close points with Bologna,  current standings Roma have drop to 5th position place and Atalanta with one match remaining has chance to fight Champion League spot race with Bologna with four points remaining.

Atalanta will be huge pressure team for Bologna reaching top fourth position behind Roma, currently with four points remaining and Atalanta still has one match left get make three points against Fiorentina on postponed match just remaining 1 points left to reach Bologna position.

~
I expect in the second half the score is definitely going to change and Atalanta might actually give a really good comeback and in the end win the match. Because if they do not win, they will not be able to give Roma competition for the fifth position in the table.

I did say in this thread that Atalanta will be able to make a comeback in this match in the second half. And that is exactly what happened.
I just did not think that they were going to lose against a team that was in the relegation zone. At the same time, Atalanta was actually fighting for the fifth position of the table. Now they have successfully removed Roma from the fifth position. Atalanta and Roma are on the same points. But Atalanta has played one match less and they are also ahead in terms of goal difference.

Now I think this is very bad news for Roma and it is very much possible that Atalanta will actually finish in the fifth position. The improvement that we saw from Roma right after the new coach came, that has been really hard to continue for them. And it looks like it is not going to be a very good motivating end of this season for Roma.

[masulum]

Atalanta won the match and currently take the 5th position from Roma but with the same points (60).
The pressure is now more on Roma because they will have to win all the 3 remaining matches while at the same time hoping the other 3 teams (Juve, Bologna and Atalanta) lose some points.
Any scenario is still possible between these 4 teams to decide which teams that will take the 3 remaining UCL spots.
Juventus vs Bologna, Atalanta vs Roma <-- I think these 2 matches will be the key for which teams to take the UCL spots.

Yup, Atalanta managed to win the match with 2 goals in the 2nd half. Yesterday I only watched until the 35th minute, after which I fell asleep. With this victory, the opportunity for 4 teams to compete for (at least) 5th position will be even more interesting. However, if Bologna qualify for the UCL, this will be new history for them. Although it is likely that they will only survive in the group phase, but bologna to UCL this is an achievement that Serie A fans never expected before.

Another news, Thiago Motta is reportedly being targeted by Juventus. So, if Juventus loses in that match, it looks like the rumors that Juve wants to fire Allegri and replace him with Motta at the end of the season will come true.

[Farma]

what you say is absolutely true, as a fan who loves his team, Juventus, I can only agree with you and imagine how much a fan can suffer from this uncertainty
in the end our goal is to go to the Champions League
if we miss this the season will have been a total failure, so lets hope we can reach this goal
i hope we can go in UCL

I think Juventus will be in a good position or qualify for the Champions League, with three games left I think Juventus will win all three, in general Juventus is a pretty strong team and has a high mentality, so for Juventus fans I think Juventus will be in comfort zone or can compete in the Champions League for next season.

We have to be realistic in looking at this. Juventus is not a team that is easy to beat in the Italian Serie A. Juventus is one of the teams that often qualifies for the Champions League, so in my opinion, for the Champions League, Juventus will be a part of it for next season.

[FanEagle]

I am really sad to see that this De Rossi period of Roma and their improvement took so little and they suddenly started to be not that great again. I mean they played so well when he first came in, went up in positions, and now looking at it they are back to sixth place.

A team that could have been fourth and do so well, ended up being sixth because of the last few weeks and that is not really that great for them, I hope that they get better and they do not end up with losing much more points. Very few games left, I do not know how they could recover from this and I am fearing that we are going to end up with something that will take some time. I get that we are going to see them be better when De Rossi gets the transfers he wants, but not sure if they will be top four next season either.

[Gallar]

Napoli continues to extend their bad record and this time they won another point after drawing 1-1 against Udinese. It seems that Napoli is beyond help and they have lost all their targets this season. In fact, if they can win then at least they can cut the difference in points from Lazio so they can participate in the conference league.

~Snip

Yes, Napoli, who were champions last season, are now a team that is having difficulty competing in the top 8 of Serie A. I personally don't really understand what makes Napoli what it is today. Because if you look at the performance of the players, it can be said to be quite good, because in every match Napoli always have lots of opportunities to score goals, and can always control the course of the match. But the problem is, Napoli often cannot win their matches. Like in the match against Udinese, Napoli could have won the match. The reason is that in the second half Osimhen was able to score 2 goals, but the referee had to disallow the second goal because Osimhen was in an offside position. Then after that I still assumed Napoli would still win, because at that time it looked very difficult for Udinese to equalize. The reason is, almost throughout the second half the Napoli players controlled a lot of the ball. However, in crucial minutes, Udinese players managed to break through Napoli's goal, and in the end the match only ended in a draw.

And this match which ended in a draw adds to Napoli's bad record this season. The reason is that in previous matches, Napoli were often only able to draw, even having to lose to weak teams. Apart from that, what I noticed from Napoli's game. It seems that the mentality of the players is a little bad. The reason is that in the last few matches, the reason Napoli always brings home a draw is because they always concede in the final minutes. In my opinion, this could happen because Napoli players often panic in the final minutes of the match, causing the team's performance to decline.

And my speculation is that Napoli will not be able to overtake Lazio this season. Moreover, next week Napoli will face Bologna so it is a little less convincing if Napoli can take home the full 3 points. The reason is that currently Bologna's performance can be said to be quite good in Serie A.

[piebeyb]

Another news, Thiago Motta is reportedly being targeted by Juventus. So, if Juventus loses in that match, it looks like the rumors that Juve wants to fire Allegri and replace him with Motta at the end of the season will come true.

I think all Juventus supporters are happy with this because Allegri can no longer be relied on because his failure to win the Italian league title alone is enough to see that he hasn't really made a good contribution lately, Juventus has to find a new coach and several players to be able to become a team. which will be better next season, because if Juventus finishes in the top four they will definitely play in the UCL and the challenges will be even tougher, I think there must be changes both from the coach and some of their players.

I also hope they have some forward players who are hungry for goals because so far Juventus have never won with a landslide score, it can be seen because the striker or players in the front line are not very productive in scoring goals, I think they have to find a striker or player in the front line who is really productive in scoring goals, because if they have that they will be even better next season, I am sure the changes made to the main squad and Juventus coach will have a good impact on them next season and I agree that Allegri was fired by Juventus.

[hahay]

I am really sad to see that this De Rossi period of Roma and their improvement took so little and they suddenly started to be not that great again. I mean they played so well when he first came in, went up in positions, and now looking at it they are back to sixth place.

A team that could have been fourth and do so well, ended up being sixth because of the last few weeks and that is not really that great for them, I hope that they get better and they do not end up with losing much more points. Very few games left, I do not know how they could recover from this and I am fearing that we are going to end up with something that will take some time. I get that we are going to see them be better when De Rossi gets the transfers he wants, but not sure if they will be top four next season either.

But, it seems De Rossi is also already to get a contract extension, maybe in the transfer window later De Rossi can really build a better team for next season. At least, AS Roma still needs De Rossi and thus, of course De Rossi will do his best for next season. Although indeed, AS Roma is also overtaken by Atalanta in the Serie A standings but anyway, in the next Serie A match AS Roma will also play against Atalanta. But indeed, it seems very unfortunate because AS Roma will play away and thus, it seems difficult for AS Roma to beat Atalanta. But perhaps, De Rossi will still manage to give the best results in the match against Atalanta later but perhaps, by no longer prioritizing the second leg match in the Europa League.

[budi691]

Napoli continues to extend their bad record and this time they won another point after drawing 1-1 against Udinese. It seems that Napoli is beyond help and they have lost all their targets this season. In fact, if they can win then at least they can cut the difference in points from Lazio so they can participate in the conference league.

~Snip

Yes, Napoli, who were champions last season, are now a team that is having difficulty competing in the top 8 of Serie A. I personally don't really understand what makes Napoli what it is today. Because if you look at the performance of the players, it can be said to be quite good, because in every match Napoli always have lots of opportunities to score goals, and can always control the course of the match. But the problem is, Napoli often cannot win their matches. Like in the match against Udinese, Napoli could have won the match. The reason is that in the second half Osimhen was able to score 2 goals, but the referee had to disallow the second goal because Osimhen was in an offside position. Then after that I still assumed Napoli would still win, because at that time it looked very difficult for Udinese to equalize. The reason is, almost throughout the second half the Napoli players controlled a lot of the ball. However, in crucial minutes, Udinese players managed to break through Napoli's goal, and in the end the match only ended in a draw.

And this match which ended in a draw adds to Napoli's bad record this season. The reason is that in previous matches, Napoli were often only able to draw, even having to lose to weak teams. Apart from that, what I noticed from Napoli's game. It seems that the mentality of the players is a little bad. The reason is that in the last few matches, the reason Napoli always brings home a draw is because they always concede in the final minutes. In my opinion, this could happen because Napoli players often panic in the final minutes of the match, causing the team's performance to decline.

And my speculation is that Napoli will not be able to overtake Lazio this season. Moreover, next week Napoli will face Bologna so it is a little less convincing if Napoli can take home the full 3 points. The reason is that currently Bologna's performance can be said to be quite good in Serie A.

Yes, I agree, seeing that Napoli this season is not like last season when they managed to become Serie A champions, perhaps one of the reasons is the decline in performance this season due to the change of coach.
I see that the composition of players this season is mostly last season's squad that won the title with Luciano Spalletti,
I saw that the change of coach made Napoli's game change and not run like Luciano Spalletti handled it,
For next season, perhaps by adding new players according to the coach's wishes, Napoli can improve their playing performance and compete again for the Serie A league title competing with Inter, AC Milan and Juventus.
and eighth position in the standings may be the best achievement this season, it will be very difficult to catch Lazio, especially when they face Bologna who is in good form.

[bitcampaign]

Another news, Thiago Motta is reportedly being targeted by Juventus. So, if Juventus loses in that match, it looks like the rumors that Juve wants to fire Allegri and replace him with Motta at the end of the season will come true.

I am aware of the rumors of the dismissal and Juventus wants Thiago Motta's services to handle Juventus for next season, but Thiago Motta is not the only one who is being targeted by Juventus management, here Juventus also has a second option if Thiago Motta refuses to handle Juventus and the candidate is Conte, but If Massimiliano Allegri is able to bring Juventus to win the Coppa Italia, it is likely that he will be given a new contract extension for one season. If he fails, his dismissal is certain to occur at the end of this season.

[indah rezqi]

I am really sad to see that this De Rossi period of Roma and their improvement took so little and they suddenly started to be not that great again. I mean they played so well when he first came in, went up in positions, and now looking at it they are back to sixth place.

A team that could have been fourth and do so well, ended up being sixth because of the last few weeks and that is not really that great for them, I hope that they get better and they do not end up with losing much more points. Very few games left, I do not know how they could recover from this and I am fearing that we are going to end up with something that will take some time. I get that we are going to see them be better when De Rossi gets the transfers he wants, but not sure if they will be top four next season either.

But, it seems De Rossi is also already to get a contract extension, maybe in the transfer window later De Rossi can really build a better team for next season. At least, AS Roma still needs De Rossi and thus, of course De Rossi will do his best for next season. Although indeed, AS Roma is also overtaken by Atalanta in the Serie A standings but anyway, in the next Serie A match AS Roma will also play against Atalanta. But indeed, it seems very unfortunate because AS Roma will play away and thus, it seems difficult for AS Roma to beat Atalanta. But perhaps, De Rossi will still manage to give the best results in the match against Atalanta later but perhaps, by no longer prioritizing the second leg match in the Europa League.

It is very likely that De Rossi will indeed get a contract extension from Roma management, his performance since taking over the club from Mourinho hands is quite impressive, even though it is not enough to get them into the top four of the standings. Roma opportunity to finish in the Champions League zone is certainly still open, provided they have to be consistent in the remaining three matches, of coursewith Bologna and Atalanta slipping. Especially for Atalanta, De Rossi and his squad will have to do it themselves next week, after they finish the second leg match versus Leverkusen. I think Roma chances in the Europa League are already very low, and they can maximize their full potential in three Serie A matches to achieve the target.

On the other hand, Roma management has to prepare a certain amount of budget to build the club so that it can compete in the top four of the standings. De Rossi has even shown signs that he can make Roma a Scudetto challenging team if he has better squad depth. But if De Rossi doesn't get it, he will suffer the same fate as Mourinho. Competition in Serie A next season will certainly be more competitive, Inter, Milan, Juventus and even Napoli will try to build the depth of their squad again. But before that starts, let's see what will happen to Roma in the next three remaining matches.